The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1957
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
12:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 77.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 19.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.92° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.94° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.